Of course you can. I used to work on cars and bikes when I was a teenager as a hobby, and I wore my jeans much longer between washes back then, and they would build up a ton of road grime and various oils on them as a result. When I touched the fabric, my hand would come away with a little motor oil.

Was it unsanitary? Of course not- motor oil, road dirt, and so forth do not harbor disease. It was just dirty, and nowadays I elect to keep them cleaner.

Raw jeans are dyed with natural indigo dye, which comes out when washed much easier than regular, synthetic dye. It's used in premium denim because it fades over time, especially in creases where you wear them, creating a customized pair of jeans (rather than regular jeans which are pre-faded). The catch is you can't wash them much. When you first get them, it's generally recommended you wait at least 6 months before washing.

I keep coming back to this. I can't stop laughing. How he somehow seems to catch all of it in his hand and shoves it back in his mouth and starts munching. The guys reaction to seeing it is priceless. the girl behind the second guy doesn't see what happened and has this dumb "what's going on?" look on her face. GOLD! ITS GOLD I SAY!!!

I go over my leathers every fall with a damp cloth before the first wear of the season just to get any crap off. In the winter I take my woolrich outside and hit it with a stick to get rid of dirt/ dust.

I completely concur-that's exactly my timeline! Unfortunately, I'm fucking inept at eating like a normal human being so I seem to spill shit on myself constantly. Hence, laundry is constantly having to be done. I'm like a goddamn toddler.

Why the :/ I think most people do this... this is not dirty, this is normal. Not to sound like an environmental freak but wasting water to wash almost-clean clothes is bad for the environment. Oh yeah and I am also a girl.

No it is gross. Its your sweatshirt (barring any stains or spills) can be wore for like 2 weeks+. Your shirt absorbs your funk and should be switched out. Its why I wear undershirts with most of my clothes.

Most people families tend to have their own scent. It's not a bad smell or very strong it's just a scent. My old friend had a particular smell, every time I was really close to her or was at her house, i could smell the scent. it would stay in my memory and it would make me happy afterwards.

Growing up without much, I always thought it was wasteful to wash every single piece of clothing every day. It isn't realistic, it isn't necessary, and it doesn't really do anything except expose the frame to harmful chemicals ad infinitum. Sure, we all want to smell like rolling-hillsides-in-the-misty-morning, but... humans don't actually smell like that.

I knew a guy in college who would start the week wearing 3 or 4 t-shirt. Every day or two, or when he spilled something on himself, he would just take one of the shirts off. At the end of the week he would start again.

Guilty. I thought wearing sweatshirts multiple days in a row was alright, especially when its only to school and they dont get dirty. I mean, they don't even touch your skin! I was, however, informed that this is "gross".

I wore the same jeans and sweatshirt to work every day (3-4 days per week) for probably a year or more. I may have washed them 3 times at best.

One person asked why I always wore a sweatshirt, since sometimes it wasn't exactly cold out. That was all. I think if you do it enough people stop caring, or if the shirt is plain, they might assume you have a few of them.

A guy I worked with there a few years before wore the same sweatshirt every day to work as long as I knew him... at least 3 years and I only saw him not wear it 1 time.

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This thread is kind of enlightening to me. I don't think I ever really could figure out how "that guy" (or girl) went out amongst their friends (or public) without realizing that they smelled like they did. Sadly, we don't notice our own smells until it's too late. We are just wired like that, to not smell our own environment. Some of these responses really make my skin crawl.